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EDITOR'S MOTTO
“Be not diverted from your
duty by any idle reflections
the silly world may make
upon you, for their censures
are not in your power and
should not be at all your con
cern”—Epictetus,Roman philo
sopher.
VOLUME 46 - NUMBER 46
County Commissioners
Adopt 1968
Brantley County, Georgia,
Tax Levy for the Year 1968.
Resolution and order of the
Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues, of Brant
ley County, Georgia, levying
taxes for the year Nineteen
Hundred and Sixty-eight
(1968).
It is hereby ordered and re
solved, by the Board of Com
missioners of Roads and Rev
enues of Brantley County,
Georgia, sitting for County
purposes on this the Bth day
of November, 1968, that there
be and is hereby levied and
assessed for the year 1968, up
on all taxable property of said
Countv of Brantley, State of
Georgia, subject to taxation,
same to provide the necessary
revenues and reauirements of
said County, the following
taxes for the following pur
poses, to-wit:
1. To pay the expenses of
the administration of the
County Government — 6110th
Mills.
2. To pay the principal and
interest of any debts of the
County and to provide a sink
ing fund therefore, — 810th
Mill.
3. To build and repair the
public buildines and bridges —
3 641100th Mills.
4. To pay the expenses of
the Courts, and maintenance
and support of prisoners and
to pay sheriffs and coroners
and for expense of litigation—
-6! 10th Mill.
5. To build and maintain a
system of Roads (County) —
1 6|loth Mills.
6. For public health pur
noses in said County, and for
the collection and preservation
of records of vital statistics, 1-
2|loth Mills.
7. To support paupers —
4|loth Mill.
8. To pav County Agricultur
al and Home Demonstration
Agents — 16 100th Mill. '
9. To provide for the pay
ment of old age assistance to
aged persons in need, and for
the payment of assistance of
the needy, blind and to de
pendant children and other
welfare benefits, provided
that no person shall be entitled
to the assistance herein author
ized who does not qualify for
such assistance in every re
spect. in accordance with the
enactments of the General As
sembly which may be of force
and effect prescribing the qua
lifications for beneficiaries
hereunder; provided that no
indebtedness of liability a
gainst the County shall ever
be created for the purpose
herein stated, in excess of the
taxes lawfully levied each fis
cal year under the acts of the
General Assembly authorized
hereunder for such purposes—
-B|loth Mill.
10. To provide for the crea
tion of a fund to be used for
assisting, promoting and en
couraging the location of new
industries in said County, and
for the development of Agri
culture, in Brantlev County,
Georgia — 4|loth Mill.
11. To provide for Fire Pro
tection. for Forest Lands and
to further conservation of na
tural resources —1 Mill.
12. To provide Medical Care
and Hospitalization for the in
digent sick people of Brantley
County. Georgia — 4|loth Mill.
13. To provide for payment
of workmen’s compensation,
insurance for the employees of
said County as provided for
by law — B|loth Mill.
14. Making a total in the
aggregate of Twelve and 401100
Dollars ($12.40) on the One
Thousand Dollars, of taxable
property of said Brantley
County, Georgia, exclusive of
the levy to pay charges for
educational purposes and to
pav school bonds.
15. To pay charges for edu
cational purposes and to pay
levied onlv in strict compli
ance of law, and under and
bv virtue of the recommenda
‘;ws of The Board of Educa
tion. of Brantley County,
Georgia, at a meeting held on
the Bth day of November, 1968,
a certified copy of said resolu
tion being hereto annexed im
mediately following this para
graph. and being the page im
mediately following this page.
Recommendation of the
Roar-’ of Relocation of Brant
ley County, Georgia,
To the Board of Cammission
of Roads and Revenues, of
said County, for the levy of
tayns for the support and
.maintenance of education for
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Tax Levy
the year 1968.
At a meeting of the Board
of Education of Brantley
County, Georgia, held on the
Bth day of November 1968, the
following resolution was pre
sented to said Board, and
after motion being duly made,
seconded and unanimously
carried, said resolution was
regularly adopted.
RESOLVED that the Board
of Education of Brantley
County, Georgia, recommend
ed and it is hereby recommend
ed to the Board of Commission
ers of Roads and Revenues, of
Brantley County, Georgia, that
a tax for support and main
tenance of education for the
year 1968 A. D. of 9 Mills or
9 Dollars on the One Thou
sand Dollars to be levied on all
taxable property in said
County of Brantley (save that
exempted by the Constitution
and the Laws of the State of
Georgia, as to personal and
homestead exemption), and 1
Mills be levied on taxable
property in said County of
Brantley as provided by the
Constitution and the Laws of
the State of Georgia to retire
the Bond indebtedness.
This Bth day of November,
1968.
C. D. Gibson, Chairman,
Board of Education,
Brantley County, Ga.
ATTEST:
Mable R. Moody,
Board Secretary.
I, Mable R. Moody, Secre
tary of the Board of Educa
tion, of Brantley County.
Georgia, do certify that the a
bove and foregoing is a true
and correct copy of a Resolu
tion and Recommendation of
the Board of Education of
Brantley County, Georgia, reg
ularly passed by the Board on
November 8, 1968, and do
hereby certify said resolution
and recommendation, to the
Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues, of
Brantley County, Georgia, as
such.
This Bth day of November,
1968.
Mable R. Moody,
Secretary,
Board of Education,
Brantley County, Ga
WHEREUPON, in full com
nliance with the above and
foregoing resolution, of the
Brantley County, Georgia,
Board of Education it is here
by ordered and resolved by the
Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues in and
for Brantley County, Georgia,
that for the support and main
tenance of Public Education
for 1968 of Nine Mills, or Nine
Dollars ($9.00) on the One
Thousand Dollars be levied on
all taxable property in said
County of Brantley and the
State of Georgia, (save and
except that exempted by the
Constitution and laws of the
State of Georgia, as to exemp
tions as to personality and
Homestead).
And. in further full compli
ance the resolution of the
Board of Education aforesaid,
there hereby levied one (1)
Mills on the taxable property
in said State and County, as
provided by the Constitution,
and the laws of the State
of Georgia, to
retire the bonded indebtedness
incurred by said Brantley
County, Georgia Board of Edu
cation.
It is further ordered and re
solved that all taxes be col
lected bv the Tax Commission
er of said County, as provided
by law.
Done and Ordered by the
Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of Brant
ley County, Georgia, after mo
tion duly made, seconded and
carried, on this the Bth day
of November, 1968.
R. B. Brooker, Chairman
Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of
Brantley County, Georgia.
ATTEST:
Owen Griffin, Clerk.
I, Owen Griffin, Clerk of the
Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues of Brantley County,
Georgia, do hereby certify that
♦be above and foregoing pages
is a true and correct copy of
the original order and resolu
tion levying taxes, for Brant
ley County, Georgia, for the
year 1968. as the same appears
on the minutes of said Board.
Owen Griffin. Clerk.
Board of Commissioners of
Brantley County, Georgia.
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JohnnyHighsmith
Funeral Service
Held Wednesday
A three-car collision early
Monday morning, Nov. 11, ap
proximately one mile south of
Yulee, Fla., claimed the life of
a 20 year old Brantley coun
tian. Johnny Harold High
smith of Route 2, Hortense,
and brings widespread person
al sorrow to many throughout
this section.
According to investigating
officers, the accident occurred
on a long curve south of Yu
lee on Highway 17 during the
early morning fog. The vehi
cle operated by Mr. Highsmith
collided head-on with another
vehicle and the Highsmith au
tomobile was upturned and
thrown into the northbound
lane of the highway wh°re it
was struck by the second ve
hicle.
Mr. Highsmith was born in
Jacksonville, Fla., and was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Owen Highsmith. He received
his education in the public
schools of that city and was a
member of the Berea Baptist
Church in Jacksonville.
At the time of his untimely
death, he was employed as a
bag operator with a paper
Mmnanv in Yulee and was on
his way to work at the time
of the accident.
He had resided in the At
kinson communitv of Brant
ley County for the past six
months.
In addition to his parents,
survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Elaine Morris; on^
daughter, Lee Ann Highsmith
of Hort°nse; one sister, Miss
Diane Highsmith of Jackson
ville; four brothers, J. W.
Highsmith. Sammy Highsmith
Perry Highsmith and Earl
Highsmith, alt o f Jacksonville;
the maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ravmond Hickox
of Hoboken; the paternal
grandmother, Mrs. A. F. Hic
kox of Jacksonville.
Also surviving are several
aunts, uncles and other rela
tives.
Funeral services were held
at three o’clock Wednesday
afternoon, Nov. 13, from the
chaoel of the Chambless Fu
neral Home in Nahunta with
the Rev. George R. Lee, as
sisted bv the Rev. J. W. Wynn,
officiating.
Interment followed in the
family plot in Smyrna Ceme
tery.
Serving as pallbearers were
the Messrs. Carol Dukes, Har
ry Hurst, George Edwards,
Dennis M. Hickox, Bobby War
ren and Richard Jones.
The many beautiful floral
tributes attested to the esteem
felt for the deceased.
The family has the sympa
thy of their many friends in
their bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta was in
charge of arrangements.
Modern Chicken
Is No Accident
Southeastern consumers con
tinue to find retailers offering
broiler-fryers at attractive
prices.
The tasty birds are in good
supply, and have been on the
plentiful foods list published
monthly by the Consumer and
Marketing Service of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
The modem broiler-fryers
that today’s food shoppers are
buying is the result of many
years efforts by man to im
prove the meat-type chicken.
For more than 5,000 years
the domesticated fowl has
been one of man’s benefactors.
Yet, today thousands of wild
chickens of the Gallus genus
live in the jungles of south
eastern Asia. The exact an
cestry of the domestic fowl
is somewhat obscured by
time, but, it is improbable that
all the present-day varieties
sprang from a common origin.
Those varieties which com
prise the Asiatic class have
physical differences and be
havior which indicate that
they came from a different
ancestry than the other varie
ties.
Darwin believed that all
chickens had a common ori
gin, but he was probably not
aware of the fact that the
opening through the spinal
cord passes to the brain in the
Asiatic varieties is perpendi
cular while in other varieties
this opening is horizontal.
Such a structural difference
indicates a separate ancestry.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Nov. 14, 1968
MISS LINDA JEAN RIGGINS
To Wed Mr. John Archie Jones
Riggins Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Rig
gins announce the engegement
of their daughter, Miss Linda
Jean Riggins to John Archie
Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Owen Jones.
The wedding will take place
at the Nahunta Baptist Church
on December 20, 7:00 o’clock
p. m. Friends and relatives
are invited to attend. No for
mal invitations are being sent.
A reception will be held in the
social hall of the church fol
following the wedding.
Miss Rigins is a graduate of
Nahunta High School, a gradu
ate of South Georgia College at
Douglas and will receive a B.
S. degree in Elementary Edu
cation in March from Georgia
Southern College at States
boro.
Mr. Jones is Airman First
Class stationed in Charleston,
S. C. He graduated from Na
hunta High School in 1965.
Talmadge Thanks
Georgia Voters
For Their Trust
ATLANTA — Immediately
upon being reelected to the
U. S. Senate for a third 6-year
term, Sen. Herman E. Tal
madge, who soundly defeated
his Republican opponent, Earl
Patton Jr. of Atlanta, publicly
thanked his fellow Georgians
for their “confidence and trust”
in him.
The junior senator and for
mer Georgia governor, in a
statement issued from his
farm in Lovejoy, said:
“The people of Georgia have
honored me with election to
a third term in the United
States Senate. I am deeply
grateful for their overwhelm
ing expression of confidence
and trust.
“The State of Georgia is now
enjoying its greatest period of
progress in history. With all
Georgians united in the com
mon pursuit of social and eco
nomic advancement, the years
ahead promise even more.
“In the next six years, as in
the past, I pledge to dedicate
my service in the Senate to the
continued progress and well
being of Georgia and the na
tion, and to work to assure
Our citizens an opportunity to
share in the future and pros
perity of our state.”
THREE C’S
The three C’s — clean, cold,
covered — are important for
the storage of milk and all the
foods made from it. Accord
ing to Miss Nelle Thrash, home
economist with the University
of Georgia Extension Service,
bacteria grow rapidly if milk
is allowed to stand at room
temperature. Milk belongs in
the refrigerator.
Personals
Mrs. Roberta Dowling spent
Saturday night and Sunday
with her mother, Mrs. A. A.
Pendley, of Gainesville, Fla.
who is ill in a hospital.
A replacement shower for
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Howard
will be held Saturday night,
Nov. 16 from 7:00 to 10:00 P
M. in the Hortense Commun
ity Center. They lost all their
linens and kitchen equipment
when their home burned last
week. They saved only a few
things.
Richard L. Rhoden, son of
Mrs. Gretchen Harrell, Nahun
ta, was promoted to Army
specialist four Oct. 23 near
Pleiku, Vietnam, where he is
serving with the 4th Infantry
Division as a mechanic.
CARD OF THANKS
The kindnesses shown us
and the many offers of assist
ance at the time of our recent
loss cause us to be thankful
that we live in this communi
ty.
While words can never ade
quately express our sentiments
we would like to say that we
are deeply appreciative and
grateful for the words of sym
pathy, floral tributes, covered
dishes and other kindnesses
shown to us during this time.
We are especially grateful
for the special kindnesses of
classmates. May the Lord bless
each of you is our prayer.
The Family of
Wayne Moody
Your Home Newspaper
Reflects the History
Os Your County--
Governor Proclaims Nov. 13-20
As Farm Bureau Week in Georgia
Georgia Governor Lester
Maddox in a proclamation is
sued from the State Capitol,
has declared November 13-20
“Farm Bureau Week” in Geor
gia and has urged “civic and
business associations to coop
erate in this observance in
public and private, in order
that we may enjoy increased
prosperity.”
The signing of the Gover
nor’s proclamation came in the
office of Governor Maddox,
and was observed by Georgia
Farm Bureau Board of Direc
tors, and Officers. Georgia
Farm Bureau President Wil
liam L. Lanier of Metter, head
ed the delegation for the sign
ing of the official proclama
tion.
Farm Bureau in Georgia is
a voluntary, independent or
ganization of farm families
seeking the economic, social
and educational advancement
Eugene O'Neal
Funeral Service
Held Monday
Eugene O’Neal, 36, died
early Sunday in a Brunswick
hospital.
He was a member of the
Hickox Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sis
ters, Mrs. Sarah Jane Wain
wright of Nahunta, Mrs. Ella
Witlock of Hastings, Fla., and
Mrs. Estelle Bass of Columbus
and three brothers, J. L. and
Nolan O’neal, both of Nahunta,
and Gilbert O’Neal of Kings
land.
Funeral services were held
at 4 p. m. at Hickox Baptist
Church.
Ralph Raulerson
Honored with
Birthday Dinner
A birthday dinner was given
Mr. Ralph Raulerson at his
home at Twin Rivers honoring
his 60th birthday on Sunday
Nov. 10.
Present for the occasion were
Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Rauler
son and children, Deborah and
Lawrence and Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Horton and Mark of
Pembroke, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Smith and LaCount.
Lavton and Pamela, Hortense
and Mr. Victor Raulerson, Na
hunta.
Mrs. Stuckey
Celebrates
75th Birthday
Mrs. James Stuckey cele
brated her 75th birthday at
her home in the Hortense com
munity.
Attending the occasion were
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chaney and
family, Mrs. Charles Spivey,
Mr. and Mrs. David Spivey, all
of Waycross; Mrs. Irvin Smith
and Hal, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Todd of Patterson; Mr. and
Mrs. Roger Smith of Colum
bus; Mr. and Mrs. La.mar
Turner and family of Black
shear; Mr. and Mrs. Ward
Turner, Jesse Lee Woods, Mrs.
Caral Lee and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Cleland and fam
ily; Mr. and Mrs. Tab
Roberson and Gavin; Mr. and
Mrs. Olan Roberson and fam
ily, all of Nahunta.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Rober
son, Mr. and Mrs. Sweat Davis,
Rev. and Mrs. Doyle and
family and Debbie Lane, all
of Hortense.
Mrs. Stuckey also received
phone calls from three of her
sons who could not attend her
birthday celebration.
Hoboken PTA to
Meet on Monday
The Hoboken Parent Teach
er Association will meet at
the Hoboken School on Mon
day November 18 at 7:30 P.
M.
Mrs. Williams sth, 6th and
7th grade music class will
present a program. All par
ents and teachers are urged to
attend.
of the rural community there
by enhancing the welfare of
state and nation.
Farm Bureau Chapters are
organized in 156 of Georgia’s
159 counties consisting of vol
untary members and leaders.
County Farm Bureau chapters
are currently engaged in a
statewide membership cam
paign for 1969 members.
County Farm Bureau units
are working toward a mem
bership in their counties and
in Georgia Farm Bureau of
52,839 families for 1969. Coun
ty and state leaders hope to
reach that quota by opening
day of the 30th annual Geor
gia Farm Bureau Federation
Convention scheduled for
Jekyll Island, November 17 -
20.
Already chapters report 44,-
018 families signed for 1969.
The combined totals are al
most 3,000 ahead of the same
period a year earlier.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Robert Randolph Kelly, Prominent
Citizen of Hoboken, Died Saturday
Funeral Held
Saturday for
Morgan Infant
Funeral services were held
at four o’clock Saturday after
noon, November 9, from the
chapel of the Chambless Fun
eral Home for the infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Morgan
of Nahunta, who passed away
a few hours following his birth
on Friday, Nov. 8, at Memorial
Hospital in Waycross, with the
Rev. Hilton Morgan officiating.
Interment followed in the
Hortense cemetery.
In addition to his parents,
survivors include the maternal
grandnarents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Flowers of Hortense; the
paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Martha Morgan of Nahunta;
the paternal grandfather, Otis
Morgan of Nahunta; the ma
ternal great grandmother, Mrs.
Effie Bennett of Hortense.
Several aunts, uncles and
other relatives also survive.
The family has the sympa
thy of their many friends in
their bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta was in
charge of arrangements.
4-H Club Banquet
Will Be Held
Saturday Night
Outstanding 4-H Club mem
bers of Brantley County will
be honored at an Achievement
Banquet at Nahunta High
School lunchroom Saturday
night, Nov. 16.
Brantley County 4-H Club
award winners, Club presi
dents, 4-H Council officers and
parents of Club boys and girls
will be present.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to take this mean 1
to express the sincere thanks
and appreciation to our many
friends and neighbors for th r
many kindnesses to the family
of David S. Page at the time
of his death.
Words can never express
our appreciation for the words
of sympathy and comfort, the
many dishes of food, the flora 1
tributes, the telephone calls
and every act of kindness. And
most of all your prayers and
love during these days.
May God bless each of you.
Sincerely
His wife,
Mrs. David S. Page.
WANTED BY THE FBI
JOHN WILLIAM CLOUSER
John William Clouser, a Florida mental hospital escapee, who has
vowed not to be taken alive, is one of the FBl’s * Ten Most Wanted
Fugitives.”
On the night of April 2, 1964, Clouser and three other Inmates
escaped from the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee and re
portedly forced two hospital employees to drive them to the Columbus,
Georgia, area. The hostages were robbed but released unharmed. A
Federal warrant Issued at Montgomery, Alabama, on April 9, 1964,
charges Clouser with transporting a stolen car from Georgia to Ala
bama, where the stolen car was recovered abandoned.
A former police officer, Clouser was admitted to the Florida State
Hospital in February, 1964, after being adjudged mentally Insane. He
was then facing numerous criminal charges and had earlier been
convicted of participating in the robbery, kidnapping and beating of
two theater managers. His conviction was appealed, however, due to
a state error, and he was released and granted a new trial.
He is a white American, born at Chicago, Illinois, on March 29,
1932. He is 5’9" tall, weighs from 165 to 180 pounds and has blond
hair, blue eyes, a stocky build and ruddy complexion. He Is tattooed
with a panther on his right shoulder and a heart pierced with an arrow
on his left shoulder.
He is described as a sadist who would no. hesitate to beat a victim
to death, is an expert pistol shot, exercises and lifts weights regularly
and is proficient in Judo and Karate. Consider him extremely
dangerous.
Should you receive any information concerning the whereabouts of
John William Clouser, you are requested to immediately notify the
nearest office of the FBI, the telephone number of which may be
located on Ilie first page of local telephone directories,
SUBSCRIPTION PRICfc
AND TAX
Inside county $3.09
Outside county, in stale $4.12
Outside state $4.00
Robert Ranson Kelly, 86,
died Saturday, Nov. 9, after an
illness of several weeks.
Born in Pender County, N.
C., he was the son of the late
Stephen Kelly and Sophia
Larkin Kelly. He moved to
Hoboken in 1906 from North
Carolina.
He was the last surviving
charter member of the Hobo
ken Baptist Church, where he
was chairman of the board of
deacons for 20 years. He was
a member of the Brotherhood
Sunday School Class, Masonic
Lodge No. 391 of Nahunta and
a retired merchant and farmer.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Margaret Dubberly
of Hoboken; two daughters.
Miss Vida Mae Kelly of Hobo
ken and Mrs. G. C. Dryden,
of Hoboken; two sons, S. D.
Kelly and Elery H. Kelly, both
of Hoboken; one sister, Mrs.
J. L. Newby of Kelly, N. C.;
two brothers, George Kel
ly of Atkinson. N. C.. and Aa
ron Kellv of Kelly, N. C.; six
grandchildren and numerous
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 3 p. m. at Hoboken Baptist
Church.
Burial was in Hoboken
Cemetery. Masonic rites were
conducted at graveside by
Lodge No. 391.
Pallbearers were Ray Thom
as, 01 in Dußose, Fred Dowl
ing, Nolan Davis, Jr., Clifford
Easterling and Silas Edwards.
Deacons of the Hoboken
Baptist Church and members
of the Brotherhood Sunday
School Class served as honor
ary pallbearers.
Nahunta Garden
Club Met with
Mrs. Strickland
Mrs. Elroy Strickland was
hostess to the Nahunta Garden
Club at her home on Tuesday
Nov. 12. Mrs. R. B. Brooker
presided in the absence of the
^resident, Mrs. Guy Chambless.
Mrs. Brooker gave a demon
stration on making Christmas
wreaths.
Present were Mrs. Clifton
Strickland, Mrs. Dick Schmitt,
Mrs. George Lloyd. Mrs. H. K.
Persons, Miss Mary Knox,
Mrs. A. B. Brooker. Mrs. Har
ry Raulerson and Mrs. Jos. B.
Strickland.
Mrs. Strickland served re
freshments during social hour.
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